Bucks Creek
Hydro power plant · Plumas County, California
Nameplate capacity
66 MW
Rank in California
#361
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1928
March 1928
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
- County
- Plumas County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among hydro plants in California
- #58 of 244
- EIA plant code
- 220
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 33 MW | 33 MW | 1928 | Operating |
| H2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 33 MW | 33 MW | 1928 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in California
| Big Creek 2 | Hydro | 67 MW |
| Alpine Solar | Solar | 66 MW |
| Roseville Power Plant #2 | Natural gas | 66 MW |
| San Francisquito 1 | Hydro | 66 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 66 MW solar plant and a 66 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All California power plants · What California actually generates